Dirigible headlight.



C. VON CUUN & G W. BEACH. DiBIGlBLE HEADLIGHT.

6 W APPLICATION HLED SEPT 25, i916.

Patented June 12, 1917.

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time FILED SPT.25, 191a Patente June 12, 1917.

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APPLICA C. VON CULIN (Q G, W. BEACH.

DIRIGIBLE HEADLiGHT. APPLiCATlON FILED SEPT. 25, me.

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Patented June 12, 1917.

CLAYKEUIQ" VON GULIFJI, U1" INEW 'YOLSEZ'K, n; "1

11MB GEORGE WATSOILE' BEACH, 015

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Specification of Letters Patent.

l? itenteiil June 12 1%17.

.epplicatio'n filed September 2-3, 1916. Serial No. 122,135.

To (ZZZ whom may colic-own:

Be it known that we, CLAlilON Von (I cum a citizen of the United liltzites. melding at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, and Gannon WATSON States, i'ellnacn, a citizen oi the Unitec siding at F-laybrook, in the county of iddle sex and hltate of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmp'roveinento in Dii'igihlo llcadlights: and we do declare the following to he a full. clear, and exact do sici-iption of the invention such as will. enable others killed in the art to which it an pertains to maize and use the some.

Uniinvention. aims to provide a simple and inexpensive ding! le headlight for auiolnohiles, the device being so emstrncted as to permit the rays of the two headlights to he tlwmvn do\vnwardly, upwardly, or from side to side at will.

"With the foregoing general object in View, the invention resides in certain novel features of ci'n'ietruction and in unique coinhinations of parts to he hereinafter lolly described and claimed, the descriptive matter being supplemented by the accmnpanyinl: (liaivii'igs which constitute a. part of this speeilieatioin and in which:

Figure l a side elevation of a portion of an automobile sl'fovvingthe improved headlight applied;

Fig. 2 is a. front elevation;

F is a top plan view oil the invention applied to a, machine;

Fig.5. 4 is o horizw-o s ion on the plane of the line -l-- lof tin. 1; and

Pig. 5 is a transverse section on the indicated by the line of Fig. 2.

Fig. ('3 is o. view similar to Fig. 2, showing it modified form of COTlSilI'lICiJlOH;

I l ig. '5 is a horizontal section on the plane indii'weted by the line 7- -'i of Fig.6;

8 i. a. perspective View showing more particu arly the arrangement of links and crank arose employed for turning the head-- lights in 6 and '2'.

In the drawings, the numerals i designate a pain of attaching brackets to he secured lo the side liars B of the chassis of an onto mobile A, soid brackets having appropriate hearings at their upper ends in which a plane transverse horizontal shaft 2 is rotatably mounted. it preferably flat elongated snpport 3 is disposed above the shaft 2 and is adapted to extend transversely of the automobile shown, said support having a pair of bearings 41. depending tliei'eti'oln and mounted on the shaft :2, the lower ends of said hearings being preferably connected by have 5 as depicted in Figs. 2, 4, and 5.

A pair of horizontally swinging lamp brackets 6 are mounted on the ends of the support and are provided on their lower ends with cranks 7 upon which the opposite ends of a connecting rod 8 are pivoted, the center of said rod being connected With a crank lion a vertical rock shaft 10 mounted in a hearing; opening through the support 3 and in a suitable hearing 11 which depends from said support. The lower end of shaft 16 carries a "cled goal 12 meshing with a similar gear 13 on shaft 2 whereby as said shaft 9 is turned the headlights "will be swung horizontally.

heveled gear 14 is secured rigidly to one of the hearings 4- and the shaft 2 passes loosely through said gear as disclosed in Fig. 4, a second beveled gear 15 being; in :rnesh with the gear 14-. Gear is carried by the front end of a. longitudinal tubular shaft whose rear end passes through the dash D of the automobile and is provided with my operating lever 17 shown most clearly in Figs. 3 and t. Telescoping with shaft 16 is another shaft 18 whose front end i-otahiihiymounted in the upper end of one of bearing'ln'aelzets 1, said front end hoving a howled gear 19 meshing with a similae gear 20 scented on the adjacent end of shaft n. The end of the shaft 18 is provided with a lever 21 similar to lever 17 both otthese levers having catches 22 coi'ipez'alin'; with a 'pei'iplio'ally toothed disk 23 which is secured to the dash D.

By the construction descrihed it will be ohvioni that turning of the lever 17 will,

tillflllgl'lhljllfl instrumentality of the shaft 16 and the gears 14 and 15, rock the entire support fl to direct the rays of the headlights L downwardly or upwardly as occasion may den'iand. 'lui'ning of the lever 21, however, will cause the shaft 18 and the gears 19 and 20 to turn the sh aft 2, the lattertr'ansferring motion to, shaft 10 by means of the gears 12 and '13 so that the crank 9 shifts the rod 8 longitudinally and thus turns the lamp brackets 6 horizontnlly, the direction of turning; being controlled by the manner in -which the lever 21 is operated.

In Fig i 7 and 8 the construction is identical with that above described with the exception of the operating connections between shaft and thelarnp brackets 6. in

these figures the brackets 6 are equipped both sides of the with forwardly extending crank arms but shaft 10 is, provided with a pair ofcrank arms 9 one of which projects forwardly and the other rearwardly, said arms being connected to the arms 7 by means of links 8. 'By this arrangement, turning of the shaft 10 by the means previously described order that the machine may turn in one direction or the other at the proper place.

By constructing the improved headlight in the manner shown and described, it will be simple and inexpensive yet highly efiicient and durable, and for these reasons, the construction shown constitutes the preferred form of the device. It is to be understood, however, that within the scope of the inven tion as claimed, numerous minor changes may be made without sacrificing the principal advantages.

We elaimi I v 1. A dirigible-headlight comprising an elongated rocking support to extend transversely across the front of an automobile,

anda pair of horizontally swinging lamp brackets mounted on said support; in combination with a beveled gear secured to said .support. on the axis thereof, a shaft extendmg longitudinally of the support and passing through said gear, "operating connections between said often be located in sha t and the lamp" brackets for swinging the latter upon turning of said shaft, a beveled gear on said shaft adjacent the aforesaid gear, a pair of telescoping shafts to extend to a pointedjacent the drivers seat, and beveled gears on saidtelescoping shafts meshing with the aforesaid gears.

2. A dirigible headlight comprising a.

pair of brackets to be secured to an alias" shaft extending between and-ro tatably supported by said brackets, a hori:

mobile, a

zontally elongated support above said shaft having depending bearings mounted on the latter, a beveled gear secured to one of said bearings and having its axis alinedwith the axis of the shaft, a.

pair of horizontally swinging lamp brackets mounted on the ends of the support, operating connections be and. the shaft for.

tween these brackets swinging them when said shaft is rotated, asecondbeveled gear secured to said shaft adjacent the aforesaid gear, and a pair of telescoping shafts having beveled gears meshing with the aforesaid gears, the innermost of said shafts ported by one of the first mentioned brackets.

3. A dirigible headlight comprising a' horizontally swinging lamp brackets thereon, crank arms extendfrom said brackets,

support, a pair of mg in the same direction a vertical rock shaft between said brackets and having oppositely extending crank arms, a link connecting one crank arm of the shaft with the arm of one lamp bracket,-

a second link connecting the other crank arm of said shaft with the other lamp bracket, and means for turning said rock shaft. i

In testimony whereof we-have hereunto set our hands in the scribing witnesses. p

CLKYTON VON CULIN. GEORGE WATSQN BEAGH.' Witnesses:

GILES A. BUSHNELL, WILLIAM R. BUSHNELL.

being rotatably sup'j presence of two suh- 

